Something caught my eye, he later explained. She said: Over the years, the story of the Bradford City fire has been told many times - the story of the supporters and the players, but one story that had never been told was the story of how the local people had helped. The 1985 Bradford City A.F.C stadium fire is regarded as one of the worst disasters in the history of British football. Since 1903, when the club was formed, Bradford City Association Football Club had played their home games at the ground. [46], In 2014, the theatre company Funny You Should Ask (FYSA) premiered their heartfelt tribute to the 56 people who died at the fire. Christopher James Bulmer (11) 28 years today; the Bradford City fire disaster. They all ventured back. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can For the 30th anniversary of the fire a new version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" was recorded at Voltage Studios in Bradford. Rupert Benedict Greenwood (11) Since then, it has been further re-developed and, today, Valley Parade is a modern 25,136 all-seater stadium, which is virtually unrecognisable from how it was at the time of the disaster, save for the original clubhouse that still stands beside the main stand, and the flank support wall that runs down the Hollywell Ash Lane at the "Bradford End". But a minute or so later there was suddenly a bigger whoosh of smoke so they went to get a steward. The director of that organisation, Dr David Woolley, was interviewed for just two hours by the inquiry team, and his private papers reveal his desperate rush to assemble information into a report for Popplewell. Head of Sports Science: Greg Stebbings. Bradford City initially prospered in the Second Division only missing out on promotion to the First Division in 1988 after failing to beat Ipswich Town at home on the final day of their first full season back at Valley Parade. A former Bradford City player is asking for people's memories of the club's past - both good and bad. Edmund Anderton (68) As he received the injured at Bradford Royal Infirmary he was able to call upon 10% of the UK's population of plastic surgeons. But they had done their job. Ian Ormondroyd, Bantamspast From the tragic fire at Valley Parade in May 1985 to the club's slide from the Premier League to administration in more recent years, people will obviously have many. Video via Citizen. A minute later he saw a small plume of smoke so he poured his coffee on it and so did his son. A further 265 fans were injured in the blazes that day, and describe. The inquiry into the disaster, chaired by Sir Oliver Popplewell and known as the Popplewell Inquiry,[25] led to the introduction of new legislation to improve safety at the UK's football grounds. They were donated by Bradford's twin city of Hamm, Germany, and are situated in front of Bradford City Hall in both locations. May 11, 2019 #12 Erebus Full Member. They are performed once every 10 years. Horrendous. "Why should they not still want answers?" When Bradford City played Lincoln City at Valley Parade on May 11th, 1985, what should have been an afternoon of celebration quickly turned into one of the worst disasters ever seen at a British football ground. A discarded cigarette and a dilapidated wooden stand, which had survived because the club did not have the money to replace it, and accumulated paper litter, were considered to have conspired to cause the worst disaster in the history of the Football League. Club career[ edit] Many were burnt to death at the turnstiles gates, which had also been locked after the match had begun. [38], The tragedy received immense media attention and drew support from around the world, with those offering their sympathy including Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. Jane Ashley Stockman (16) [30], The outcome of the test case resulted in over 154 claims being addressed (110 civilians and 44 police officers)[31] by the injured or bereaved. It is a simple account laid out for all to see. [58] Following this report, Leslie Brownlie, who was the nephew in question, is reported to have said that his uncle never made such an admission of starting the fire. So do the sounds of some of those 150 people present, packing the little theatre's benches to capacity, needing to leave the dark space and take a moment to recover themselves. The blaze, in the East Bowling area of the city, began at about 04:30 GMT. 56 fans died as a fire broke out at the game at Valley Parade, 54 Bradford supporters and two from opponents Lincoln City. 18+. In terms of property types, flats in BD6 1HR sold for an average of 44,840 and terraced houses for 78,507. [32] Speaking at the close of the case, the Judge said "They (the club) were at fault, no one in authority seemed to have appreciated the fire hazard. Community Foundation was set up in 1988 by the PFA. In a world of my own. A police officer shouted to a colleague for an extinguisher, but his call was misheard and instead the fire brigade were radioed. by FCBurnley Fri May 11, 2018 2:53 pm, Post Horrific, harrowing scenes intensified by the speed at which the fire spread. Bradford City Community Foundation is the community charity of Bradford City Football Club. Bradford City Stadium Fire 56 Dead & 100's Injured. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Applying this 18.457% change to the original purchase price of 48,000 results in an estimated price of approximately 56,859. She was Hazel Greenwood the mother whose children, 13-year-old Felix and 11-year-old Rupert, had been ushered away from the flames of the stadium fire all those years ago by a traffic warden, seeking to shelter them under his tunic. The 1984/85 season had been one of the most successful in Bradford Citys 82-year history. However, the fire had consumed the stand entirely by that point and they were faced with huge flames and very dense smoke. [51] Another book; 56: The Story of the Bradford Fire (2015) was written by Martin Fletcher to discuss how the disaster was caused, and follows his loss of his father, brother, uncle and grandfather. One day I went to a football match with my family and the next day, I woke up and didnt have a father, a brother, or a grandfather or an uncle, he would later say. Ran home and put the television on." [16] Messages of condolence were also received from Helmut Kohl, Chedli Klibi and Felipe Gonzlez. The blaze broke. "We were concerned there might be, because of the rapidity of the fire, a mechanism unknown to us." Learn more about merges. These 2 users liked this post: Clarets4me Juan Tanamera. Elizabeth JONES. by Lord Beamish Fri May 11, 2018 2:35 pm, Post Moira Helen Hodgson (15) The father whose attempts to make him a Bradford City fan he mischievously tried to resist, especially after the family's relocation to the detached surrounds of East Bridgford in Nottinghamshire turned the boy into a Nottingham Forest fan. Some had been crushed as they tried to crawl under turnstiles to escape while a man who was captured on television running across the pitch on fire later died in hospital of his injuries. Some repair work was carried out, but in July 1984 the club was warned again, this time by a county council engineer, because of the club's plans to claim for ground improvements from the Football Trust. The disaster led to rigid new safety standards in UK stadiums, including the banning of new wooden grandstands. The Bradford Disaster Appeal fund, set up within 48hours of the disaster, eventually raised over 3.5million (11.3million today). Deborah A Ormondroyd. I have an image of a man with his hair on fire, in shock. Obviously helps cigarettes banned from football grounds now as IIRC a discarded butt caused the Bradford fire. 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Instead, there is nothing. From the tragic fire at Valley Parade in May 1985 to the club's slide from the Premier League to administration in more recent years, people will obviously have many memories of Bradford City FC - both positive and negative. At Valley Parade there are now two memorials. The Popplewell Inquiry found that the club had been warned about the fire risk that the rubbish accumulating under the stand had posed. March 3, 2022. Amazing that just 18 days later the Heysel tragedy occured,a dark month for football. [4], Although there had been some changes to other parts of the ground, the main stand remained unaltered by 1985. . This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Fans in the next stand (the "Bradford End") pulled down the fence separating them from the pitch. Led by former Leeds United and England international Trevor Cherry, the Bantams won only their third divisional title and earned a return to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1937. Called 'The 56' the play dramatises actual accounts of the Bradford City Fire with the purpose of the play showing how in times of adversity, the Football Club and the local community came together. "Sometimes, it's more of a social thing than a football thing.". Fletcher's appearance on BBC regional news programme Look North looked like an inquisition, with playback in his headphones as he spoke from a London studio contributing to the difficulty. The tender that was won by the University of Bradford to create a LOD3 digital twin of the city will see the area shown within the following map captured. Picture date: Thursday August 25, 2022. "The rumours of the fire came slowly and took hold slowly but when things became clear, I threw down my bags and ran. Share. It's with that in mind that Ian's Bantamspast project is underway in Bradford. Bradford City F.C. Spare a thought or prayer for them today. Burnley were down south that day probably in the Midlands.we stopped off for beer in Rochdale and saw the horror on the telly box. by NottsClaret Fri May 11, 2018 2:00 pm, Post Reading back the transcript in a 21st-century, Hillsborough Inquiry environment you expect this to be the moment when Popplewell pushes Woolley to elaborate. After just four minutes of the initial blaze starting the wooden stand was fully ablaze as many of the 3,000 people sitting there escaped by climbing over the perimeter fence onto the pitch the subsequent inquiry into the disaster concluded the fire spread faster than a man could run.. 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Once we went out it was mayhem, manic, chaotic. Crowds on the pitch at the Valley Parade stadium after a stand caught fire Getty Images. ", Ian says he's hoping the Bantamspast project will look at a side of the club which hasn't been revealed before: "This is more about the fans, the people and the ground - even the people who don't come to the ground.". The scriptwriters' hours of interviews with those caught up in the horror are distilled into the narratives of three survivors, and the casual horrors of what befell football supporters that day are all in there. There is a twin memorial sculpture, unveiled on 11 May 1986, which has the names of the dead inscribed on it. Lincoln City suffered two successive relegations, first to the Fourth Division in 1986, and again in 1987, becoming the first team to be automatically relegated from the Football League itself. Some of those who died were still sitting upright in their seats, covered by remnants of tarpaulin that had fallen from the roof. Those who helped are reluctant heroes now. It's the Ormondroyd & Stockman names that get to me - both of them dad and two sons. For the first-minute people were laughing and joking, it wasnt anything serious, he told the BBC in 2015. Then, in the space of 120-odd seconds, it really kicked in. [8][10] Three men smashed down one door and at least one exit was opened by people outside, which again helped prevent further deaths. 56 fans died as a fire broke out at the game at Valley Parade, 54 Bradford supporters and two from opponents Lincoln City. The other, situated by the main entrance, was donated by the club after its 7.5million (13million today) rebuilding of the original main stand in 2002. April 13, 2010, 07:39:58 pm The Valley Parade fire. Fifty-four Bradford City supporters and two Lincoln fans would die in the horror, the youngest were three 11-year old boys, the oldest being the clubs former chairman, Sam Firth who was 86. He and his mother rattled around in the beautiful detached Nottingham home afterwards and the place "was almost mocking you, like the birds in the trees," he says. He still says to this day he cant attend another match. Regional Scout (North): Ray Mathias. For the book, we are looking to hear from people who were there but were children at the time, but could tell us their story.. Trevor John Stockman (38) Forty-year-old Gerald Ormondroyd also died that day, along with his 12-year old twin sons Richard and Robert, just two of ten families to lose more than one member at Valley Parade.. Fletcher said that "The club at the time took no actual responsibility for its actions and nobody has ever really been held accountable for the level of negligence which took place. Robert Ian Ormondroyd (12) You must log in or register to reply here. "[16] At the front of the stand, men threw children over the wall to help them escape. [6], The 198485 season had been one of Bradford City's most successful seasons, ending with City clinching the championship title courtesy of a 20 victory against Bolton Wanderers in the penultimate game of the season. So many youngsters died..very very sad. It was a disaster waiting to happen - wooden stand, no risers, smoking in the stand and the space underneath the stand full of paper - roof probably also had years of tar as waterproofing. A Gannett Company. And Bradford seemed happy with it: five days of testimony, a 27-page report and everyone moved on. Some of the local residents opened their houses so people could make phone calls, but until I arrived home my mum and my brother had no idea whether I was alive or dead.. RIP. [10][11], Bradford's Telegraph & Argus newspaper published a souvenir issue for 11 May, entitled, "Spit and Polish for the Parade Ground". But it is Bradford, so they are just lying there, dormant, on the file, along with the question of the nine Heginbotham fires. The community, principally Bangladeshi, had no links then to the football club and many could not speak English, but they still helped. Police have revealed the identity of the man who they believe was responsible for . We couldnt run back down the tunnel. Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. He established that there had been eight other fires at businesses owned by or associated with the entrepreneur, who > died in 1995, aged 61. RM 2F7YJ1C - Eccles, UK. by Maja Fri May 11, 2018 8:45 am, Post "We're trying to find out why a lot of the Asian communities don't come to the ground, whether they feel they can't come to the games because they feel intimidated or whatever.". ", ""This is more about the fans, the people and the ground - even the people who don't come to the ground."". [17], One witness saw paper or debris on fire, about nine inches (230mm) below the floor boards. Derek Dempsey (46) Topic: 25 years ago today, the Bradford City disaster. When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. John Hutton (74) In 1999, ex-professional footballer, Ian Ormondroyd, was asked by the Club to lead and grow the Foundation. Nellie Forster (64) Whilst the boundary of the original brief was defined by the inner ring road, the University highlighted the significance of buildings just outside the boundary, inclusive of the National Media Museum, Alhambra Theatre and the new . [8], The Bradford City matchday squad of players and staff consisted of Terry Yorath, Trevor Cherry, Chris Withe, Don Goodman, Eric McManus, Tony Clegg, John Hawley, Dave Evans, Bryan Edwards, John Hendrie, Mark Ellis, Stuart McCall, Peter Jackson, Bobby Campbell, Martin Singleton and Greg Abbott. Kit Manager: Dom Lister. [10] Bradford City's coach Terry Yorath, whose family was in the stand,[19] ran onto the pitch to help evacuate people. The sling is now used internationally in the treatment of burns. Of the 56people who died in the fire,[2] 54 were Bradford supporters and two supported Lincoln. Ian Ormondroyd (born 22 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 350 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. There was talk of "a raincoat smell" about 15.40pm that afternoon, as the fire took hold. No one gave it the attention it ought to have received.. .. Within minutes the fire had spread through the stand due to the windy conditions with some fans claiming that they could feel their feet getting warmer as debris began to burn below them. ";s:4:"text";s:3462:" Visit us for exclusive Galen Center Special Events throughout the year! Death Notice. talk all about the game and how big this win is for Ten Hag's men. We talk in the anonymous surroundings of his publisher's, in Bloomsbury's Bedford Square. Still one of the two or three most haunting videos I've ever seen. And, before we knew it, the flames were racing down the whole stand. by Pad1951 Fri May 11, 2018 9:15 am, Post He was evidently very successful when his mother's acquaintance with local Bradford broadcaster Tony Delahunty whose commentary of the fire is part of many Bradfordians' recollections helped fix him some work experience, as a 14-year-old. In respect to services offered in the Republic of Ireland, the Revenue Commissioners, under remote bookmakers License number 1013060 issued on 2nd July 2019. orty-year-old Gerald Ormondroyd also died that day, along with his 12-year old twin sons Richard and Robert, just two of ten families to lose more than one member at Valley Parade.. former Leeds United and England international Trevor Cherry. [3], At the age of 33, Ormondroyd retired from football due to arthritis in his left ankle.[4]. I dont praise the Folk of Yorkshire cheaply, but their Dignity, Self Respect, and Stoicism is a great credit to them. If you need a guest pass please contact the ticket office at 480-727-0000 to make sure your seats are together. JavaScript is disabled. The majority of sales in Ormondroyd Avenue during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of 130,000. . The main fire safety system failed disastrously in a blaze at a Bronx apartment building in January, killing 17 people, The New York Times has found. When this house was purchased in December 2020 the House Price Index for WEST YORKSHIRE was 129.5. Two men were critically injured in an explosion and fire at a commercial building in Bradford, New Hampshire, on Thursday. Or as a football commentator for that matter. The Bradford City stadium fire occurred during a Football League Third Division match on Saturday, 11 May 1985 at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, killing 56 spectators and injuring at least 265.The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. We stayed in the pub for hours. Walter Kerr (76) On the pitch, referee Norman Glover had no option but to stop the game as the horror unfolded in front of both sets of players who could feel the heat from the flames even from the other side of the ground. His afternoon intersected with that of Preston, who was in an ambulance on his way to St Luke's hospital to be treated for burns when a 12-year-old was bundled aboard, concerned only at the moment to know "how did Leeds United get on" that day. Arthur Hartley (79) The Valley Parade fire took hold, it has always been said, because a match must have been dropped into the reservoir of rubbish in the dark cavity beneath the main stand's seats. Roy Mason (74) The school hall, like the theatre, was still and noiseless as the children listened to this passionate and indefatigable woman, whose family home should be full of the sound of many grandchildren, by now, but who is instead still seeking what meagre consolations she can find from the wreckage of Bradford's forgotten tragedy. One, now re-situated to that end of the stand where the fire began, is a sculpture donated on the initial re-opening of Valley Parade in December 1986 by Sylvia Graucob, a then Jersey-based former West Yorkshire woman. Criticising Bradford City during the case, Mr. Michael Ogden QC, highlighted that the Club 'gave no or very little thought to fire precautions', despite repeated warnings. The House Price Index as of 1 Sep 2022 is 153.4 which is a change of 18.457%. 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